My nephew bought a small Victorian terraced house about a year ago. He's having a section of the roof repaired with new slates. He was given a choice of Welsh slate or Spanish slate. The price difference was huge, so he was forced to buy Spanish slate (essentially the same as the Welsh stuff).
Yes, I remember this being the case years ago, early 90s at least.
Yes, that's what I told him.
Over here it's duct tape—and not just for building.
Vandals actually might improve it.
I’m pretty sure the house across the way have just been smashing off old slate. No one has told them they are worth a pretty penny. I’m not sure I’d want someone doing my roof who didn’t know that, it means they don’t do a lot of roofs.
Looks like something out of Romero's Day of the Dead.Inside the Cyprus ghost town Varosha where celebs once spent their summers
The sandy paradise of Varosha, located in Northern Cyprus, was left to rot after a Turkish invasion in 1974 forced its 39,000 inhabitants to leave.
Varosha, known as Maras in Turkish, once welcomed celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and was dubbed the "French Riviera of Cyprus".
Other A-listers included Richard Burton, Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot, with the town attracting up to 700,000 visitors a year - and had the same hotel bed capacity as the whole of Turkey.
However, on July 20, 1974, the city's 39,000 inhabitants were forced to leave after Turkish forces invaded, and were never allowed to return.
Since then, buildings have fallen into disrepair, as it remains blocked off by barbed wire and signs warn people to keep out - tourists are strictly banned from taking photos across the fence.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/10978098/cyprus-tourist-resort-varosha-abandoned/
maximus otter
It could be that they're just too old to re-use. Also they come in many different sizes (sometimes they can vary even on the same roof) so if they're a particularly odd size it may not be worth the hassle.
The house is the same design as ours and they took ours off to be reused. Ours were the original one so about 90 years old at the time.
True. Old undamaged slates are valuable - I have to buy them from time to time to repair my roof. You can get freshly cut Welsh slates in small quantities despite the enormously reduced level of mining/quarrying, but they are hideously expensive. Good slates last pretty much for ever, poorer quality ones are prone to delaminating.
Believe it or not, I'd never knew it existed. Very interesting.
When you buy the last of three private jets that Elvis Presley once owned but this one was abandoned, you get a bit over excited and decide to take it to Graceland to be re united with Elvis's other two jets? ... always tell Graceland's security first instead of just turning up with it .. (one day ago)
